Myrtle Beach Using Drone To Measure Erosion

Ryan Kruger reports live in Myrtle Beach in the path of Hurricane Matthew.

Julie Wolfe and Ryan Kruger, WXIA4:55 PM. EDT October 07, 2016

People enjoy the beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on October 6, 2016 as Hurricane Matthew makes its way towards the United States.
Some three million people on the US southeast coast faced an urgent evacuation order Thursday as monstrous Hurricane Matthew -- now blamed for more than 100 deaths in Haiti alone -- bore down for a direct hit on Florida. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM, This content is subject to copyright.)

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for people living in flood zone A closest to the ocean to evacuate. 11Alive's Ryan Kruger is in Myrtle Beach and reports many did leave, but others are hunkering down. The evacuation was not mandatory in that area. Emergency officials are not planning any lane reversals at this time to expedite evacuations, so residents are have been free to come and go from the area.

The Myrtle Beach Police Deportment posted a photo showing one of their officers using the drone to record the shoreline before Hurricane Matthew hits. They'll fly the same route after the storm to assess beach erosion.